Table 3.
Effect of Cash Transfer on Children's Educational Achievement
Years of Education, Age 21 |
Probability of HS Grad, Age 19 |
Prob of HS Grad/GED, Age 19 |
|
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Independent Variables | Coeff. | Marg. Eff. | Marg. Eff. |
Interaction 1: Age Cohort 1 × Number of American Indian Parents | 0.379 | 0.156** | 0.086 |
(0.447) | (0.073) | (0.054) | |
Interaction 2: Age Cohort 2 × Number of American Indian Parents | 0.117 | 0.042 | 0.033 |
(0.304) | (0.066) | (0.044) | |
Age Cohort 1 (9 yo) | −0.269 | −0.025 | −0.019 |
(0.294) | (0.060) | (0.0457) | |
Age Cohort 2 (11 yo) | 0.072 | −0.010 | −0.016 |
(0.275) | (0.055) | (0.041) | |
Number of American Indian Parents in Household | −0.503 | −0.156 | −0.131*** |
(0.350) | (0.068) | (0.047) | |
American Indian | 0.003 | 0.081 | 0.075 |
(0.472) | (0.063) | (0.038) | |
Sex | −0.639*** | −0.123*** | −0.081*** |
(0.227) | (0.043) | (0.033) | |
Mother Has a High School Degree/GED | 0.557 | 0.103* | 0.079** |
(0.399) | (0.051) | (0.034) | |
Father Has a High School Degree/GED | −0.164 | 0.001 | 0.026 |
(0.396) | (0.067) | (0.044) | |
Mother Has More than a High School Degree | 0.924** | 0.117** | 0.129*** |
(0.367) | (0.058) | (0.045) | |
Father Has More than a High School Degree | 0.757** | 0.053 | 0.051 |
(0.306) | (0.056) | (0.040) | |
Household Previously in Poverty Indicator Variable | −0.120 | −0.045 | −0.026 |
(0.174) | (0.028) | (0.019) | |
Average Household Income in First Three Survey Waves | 0.214** | 0.031*** | 0.022*** |
(0.048) | (0.010) | (0.007) | |
Constant | 10.554 | ||
|
(0.532) |
|
|
Observations | 1045 | 1060 | 1060 |
Wald Chi-Squared (15) | 24.53 | 88.01 | 96.22 |
Pseudo R2 | 0.2577 | 0.157 | 0.172 |
Note:
indicates coefficient statistically significant at the 1% level,
at the 5% level
at the 10% level.
Note: Years of Education regressions are ordinary least squares, the next two regressions are probit regressions with marginal coefficients calculated.
Note: Robust standard errors are given in parenthesis below the estimated coefficients.